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40th Annual Representative Assembly in Review
Thursday, June 19 opened the festivities for TSEA’s 40th Anniversary Representative Assembly at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Murfreesboro, TN. Delegates were welcomed on Thursday with a meet and greet for all attendees which
Read More »Want to Win a Trip?
TSEA’s new membership campaign, Target: Pay Raise, allows everyone an opportunity to win. Over the weekend, TSEA launched Target: Pay Raise, a new membership campaign with a goal of adding 1,000 new members to
Read More »TSEA to Assist DHS Employees
TSEA is very concerned by the recent elimination of more than 100 jobs by the Department of Human Services. DHS, on Friday, eliminated 121 probationary positions in their Family Assistance division. The impacted employees
Read More »TSEA Hires New Government Affairs Director
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State Employees Association has hired former State Representative Randy Stamps as Government Affairs Director. “I had the opportunity to work with Randy for over 10 years when he represented Sumner
Read More »TSEA Announces New Executive Director
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State Employees Association today announced John Summers as their new Executive Director. “John has spent his entire career advocating for others with great success and we are very pleased to
Read More »TDOC 28 Day Work Cycle
As you may know, the Tennessee Department of Correction intends to implement a 28-day work cycle, scheduled to begin at Northeast Correctional Complex on August 24, 2014. TSEA is actively looking into this issue.
Read More »TSEA’s 40th Anniversary Representative Assembly, June 19-21
New Location!! Embassy Suites Hotel – Murfreesboro Mark your calendar now and request your time off for June 19-21, 2014 to attend TSEA’s 40th Anniversary Representative Assembly. The Registration Deadline for guaranteed annual leave,
Read More »TSEA Legislative Days Round-Up and Pictures
This year, TSEA began holding Regional Legislative Days across the state, asking all chapters to participate. We are happy to report that most chapters were able to hold legislative meetings, often in coordination with
Read More »Legislative Update – April 21, 2014
Important Bills for State Employees Pass in final days of session Grandfathering TDOT Employees without a GED SB1705 (Niceley) / HB1542 (Bailey) As amended, this bill passed without opposition, requiring TDOT to reestablish positions
Read More »Budget passes; No raises for state employees
NASHVILLE – A last-ditch effort to restore raises for state employees in the state budget failed Thursday afternoon on the House floor. Rep. Craig Fitzhugh and Rep. Matthew Hill both proposed amendments to fund
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